Hollywood Hunter

On November 13, the second day of the Victoria's Secret TV show, the Thanksgiving holiday schedule opened.

Columbia Pictures, whose production cost reached US$40 million, became the first large-scale film to be opened during Thanksgiving. The number of screens reached 2,491.

Gaomen Pictures' "Scent of a Woman" was launched on a small scale on the same day.

As Gaomen Pictures' key award-winning film this year, "Scent of a Woman" has only 20 screens.

In addition to the two key films, several films including Godwin Pictures’ "Red Lips Murder" and Orion Pictures’ "Let the Sorrow End Before Sunrise" were also released at the same time. The screen sizes were all within 300 yuan. , Basically belongs to the cannon fodder of the Thanksgiving schedule.

On the other hand, Daenerys Entertainment’s "Midnight Bell", which was released on the Halloween schedule, opened its doors for $28.79 million in the first week from October 30 to November 5. As word-of-mouth and popularity continued to ferment, November 6 From January to November 12, the box office fell by only a very small 13% in the next week, and it received another $25.03 million.

In just two weeks, the cumulative box office of this Japanese horror novel adaptation movie has reached 53.82 million US dollars.

Considering that the next time is the popular Thanksgiving holiday schedule, "Midnight Ring" has no other films of the same type to compete with during this schedule. The distribution team of New World Pictures predicts that the total North American box office of this Japanese-style horror film is expected It is expected to reach more than US$150 million.

The North American box office of more than 150 million US dollars is enough to ensure that "Midnight Ring" is firmly in the top ten of the North American movie box office in 1992.

In order to save costs, "The Ring of Midnight" was shot in Australia. Nicole Kidman's pay was not high. With tax rebates, the final production budget for the film was only $13 million.

The production cost of 13 million U.S. dollars, the North American box office is expected to exceed 150 million U.S. dollars, and the return on the box office cost is more than 10 times, making the whole Hollywood feel jealous.

Moreover, this is only a revenue from the North American box office.

When the film is a big success in North America, the subsequent overseas box office, video tape and TV broadcast revenue will also increase.

The projected total profit of the entire project in the next few years will easily exceed all Hollywood blockbusters except for the DC Cinematic Universe project.

When Simon bought the rights to the adaptation of "The Ring of Midnight", Hollywood began to follow suit to buy the copyright of Japanese horror novels. With the success of "Midnight Ring", Hollywood suddenly has many Japanese horror film projects on the preparatory schedule.

Speaking of it, the key to the success of "Midnight Ring" is, in the final analysis, a brand-new horror film style, a horror film mode that is different from the traditional Western screaming plasma murderers.

This model is based on Eastern gods, ghosts and evil spirits, but it does not necessarily have to use Eastern horror stories as a template.

The haunted incidents in the West are actually very rich.

Therefore, when other studios tried to follow the trend of "The Ring of Midnight", Simon asked Danny Morris, the president of New World Pictures, to find relevant materials that took place in North America.

As of the release of "Midnight Ring", the "Crying Game", which opened on September 25, had a cumulative box office of 20.54 million US dollars.

In the two weeks from October 30th to November 12th, "Crying Game" continued to receive US$7.22 million and US$5.37 million, respectively, with a screen scale of more than 500 yuan, and the cumulative box office continued to climb to US$33.13 million.

The arrival of the Thanksgiving holiday schedule will also slow down the downward curve of "Cry Game".

Gaomen Pictures predicts that the final North American box office of "Cry Game" is expected to be between $60 million and $70 million.

Moreover, this low-cost literary film with excellent box office and reputation will also become the focus of Gaomen Films in the next awards season along with "Scent of a Woman".

In Simon's memory, both films were nominated for Best Picture Oscars that year.

This time, as long as the box office performance of "Scent of a Woman" in the next few weeks meets expectations, next year's awards season, in order to avoid diluting votes, Gaomen Pictures will pay more attention to "Scent of a Woman".

Of course, in order to stimulate the subsequent box office potential as much as possible, "Cry Game" will also not lack nominations.

Speaking of which, because there are so many excellent movies produced by her, Daenerys Entertainment has been giving up in recent years.

Take this year as an example. Daenerys Entertainment’s 1992 film, participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May of this year and was released in August, "Howard Manor", "Crying Game" released in September, and the schedule for Thanksgiving. "Scent of a Woman", the three films in Simon's memory are all nominated for Oscar for Best Picture next year.

However, there is only one best film after all.

In order to avoid the votes being divided, Daenerys Entertainment can only apply for nominations for one movie, which will inevitably lead to the neglect of other movies.

Adapted from the British novelist Foster's "Howard Manor" was released in mid-August, it has stayed in North American theaters for 9 weeks, and the total domestic box office reached 26.12 million US dollars.

For an art film with a production cost of only 6 million US dollars, this is already a very dazzling achievement. If it is released by other studios, it will definitely become the focus of next year's awards season. However, under Daenerys Entertainment's banner, even if there is no "Scent of a Woman", "Howard Manor" will still fall behind the "Crying Game" whose total box office in North America is expected to exceed $60 million.

Many filmmakers in Hollywood are aware of this.

For example, last year's "Silent Lambs" director Jonathan Demi.

Compared with the original time and space "The Silent Lamb" won a big victory at the 64th Oscar in 1992, this time and space, in this time and space, in Daenerys Entertainment's other two films "Piano Love" and "End of the Road" Under the impact, this phenomenon-level horror movie has only won a few corner nominations.

Daenerys Entertainment completely abandoned the 64th Oscar for long-term award-winning strategy considerations.

Hollywood filmmakers tend to be more concerned about their performance at the box office, but they will not ignore honor.

Because of the experience of "Silent Lambs", the "Philadelphia Story" prepared by Jonathan Demi this year did not continue to cooperate with Daenerys Entertainment, but chose to invest in MGM under Simon's personal link.

"Philadelphia Story", a film about the rights protection experience of AIDS patients played by Tom Hanks, only by looking at the subject matter and those familiar with Hollywood's rules of operation can find that the film is obviously going for awards.

On the original timeline, Tom Hank won his first Oscar for Best Actor with "Philadelphia Story", and in the following year, relying on the phenomenal "Forrest Gump" to become the first to win the statuette again Oscar actor.

Not only that, the "Philadelphia Story" box office is also very good.

After Simon postponed the production plan of "Forrest Gump", Tom Hanks, who had a tight schedule, was able to rejoin the "Philadelphia Story". The film will be launched in January next year. Awards season.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to Tom Hanks may once again create a miracle, Jonathan Demi is also destined to miss the Oscar this time.

Because, at the end of 1993, there was Spielberg's "Schindler's List".

Simon chose to postpone "Forrest Gump" at the time. In addition to the crowded schedule at the end of 1993, he also took into account the factors of "Schindler's List".

It would be a shame if the two films that are expected to top the Oscars meet.

Staggered by a year, Daenerys Entertainment can also be the biggest Oscar winner for two consecutive years.

Given the status of the two films in Hollywood film history on the original timeline, who dares to say that "Schindler's List" is not eligible for the Oscar? Who can question the strength of "Forrest Gump"?

After the Victoria's Secret TV show is completed, follow-up matters will be taken care of by someone. The Simon and his wife rushed to Melbourne the following weekend to participate in the upcoming David Johnston and Leslie Whitaker's upcoming November 21st The wedding, and plans to stay in Australia until after the New Year.

The top priority of Daenerys Entertainment's end-of-year schedule, "Home Alone 2" released on November 20 and "Jurassic Park" released on December 18 will also be operated by the company team.

Melbourne, Australia.

The Johnston Mansion on the Yarra River in the northern suburb of the city became more lively as David Johnston's wedding approached.

Both Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston moved in,

The Simon and his wife originally wanted to live in their nearby villa, but because of the old man's mandatory order, they had to move in together.

Veronica also took the little guy into the mansion at the same time.

Finally, with David Johnston and Patrick Johnston, a large family gathered.

Many people came from Leslie Whittaker's family because of her daughter's wedding.

Arrived in Melbourne on November 15th, and then spent a week in various busy entertainments, until the wedding on November 21st, David Johnston and Leslie Whittaker left Australia to start their honeymoon. , Melbourne is also free.

Simon and Janet continued to live in Melbourne for a few days, and the couple left and rushed to Tasmania across the sea in Melbourne.

Over the years, Simon has never stopped buying land in Tasmania.

Aware of the buying behavior of this young super-rich, land prices in Tasmania are also rising.

However, after all, it is a piece of land on the edge of the world. Although there is no shortage of some original land owners who want to sell and follow the trend with some ideas, there are not many people who are willing to spend money in Tasmania. .

After continuous expansion, Simon's total land area in Tasmania at this time has unknowingly reached 13,000 square kilometers, equivalent to 3.2 million acres, which has exceeded one-fifth of the total area of ​​Tasmania. One.

Of course, these are basically barren hills and woodlands without any output.

Unless Simon intends to harvest the virgin forests in the territory, it is difficult for him to obtain any economic output.

Of course Simon does not intend to do this, he should be considered an environmentalist in his bones.

It's just that, because of the pessimistic nature in his character, Simon did not deliberately change too many things, but he didn't mind doing so for things that he could do at will.

In order to protect the ecology, Simon even bought and closed a copper mine in his own territory, and invested money to restore the forest that was severely damaged by the opening of the mine.

With such a large piece of land, doing nothing is a little waste.

Janet once proposed that Tasmania could be developed into a film location shooting base. The pristine natural landscapes such as forests, grasslands and lakes here are no worse than that of New Zealand next door. Simon still did not agree.

Located at the end of the world, he only intends to be his own paradise, and he does not want too many people to pay attention to it.

In addition, the doomsday refuge built in the depths of the Tasmanian mountains and forests where Xingzhi was originally built has also been completed.

Complete military facility level.

After the project was completed, the construction team evacuated. Even though many people knew that there was such a fortification deep in the dense forest, most people would not be able to find it without accurate directions.

For more than a week in late November, Simon and Janet lived in a wooden house near the refuge. During the day they rode horses, climbers, drifted and hunted, and they would rest in the refuge at night, and they would bring large quantities of supplies to fill the refuge. The internal space.

The Simon and his wife lived in a secluded world in the jungle of Tasmania. In North America, the Thanksgiving holiday schedule continued.

From November 13th to November 19th, Francis Ford Coppola's vampire-themed thriller "The Four Hundred Years of Thriller" successfully topped the box office for a week, earning $38.7 million in seven days, and the museum averaged over 1.5 Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

The second-ranked "Midnight Ring", in the third week of its release, the box office fell by only 17%, and it continued to receive 20.77 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 74.59 million US dollars in three weeks.

The new film "Scent of a Woman" released by Daenerys Entertainment's Gaomen Films, has a comprehensive film score of 8.8 points. The opening scale of 20 screens in the first week has earned US$630,000 in seven days and the museum has reached US$31,000. .

Whether it's film reviews or box office data, "Scent of a Woman" has reached the popular level of awards season movies.

On November 20th, the blockbuster "Home Alone 2" on Thanksgiving Day officially opened with a scale of 2,673 screens.

Because of the amazing box office accumulation of the first "Home Alone", this week, only Warner Bros.'s biographical drama "Kuroshio" was released this week.

"The Kuroshio" is directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. It is still a movie about race.

Compared with "Home Alone 2", the number of opening screens of "Kuroshio" is 1,124 yuan, plus the theme, which basically does not constitute any competition or threat to "Home Alone 2".

With the popularity of the first film, coupled with Daenerys Entertainment’s spare no effort in publicity, although "Home Alone 2" has a lot of overlap with the first in plot, it reduces the film’s reputation to a certain extent, but Its status as a comedy on holiday schedule is very qualified.

From November 20th to November 26th, seven days in the first week of the painting, "Home Alone 2" won $53.13 million at the box office in one fell swoop, easily topping the weekly box office list.

Under the impact of "Home Alone 2", "Frightening Four Hundred Years" dropped 45% in a single week, and continued to receive 21.5 million US dollars, ranking second, with a total box office of 60.21 million US dollars in two weeks. Although the production cost is as high as 40 million U.S. dollars, the revenue in two weeks exceeds 60 million. Colombia's profitability on this project can also be expected.

The market performance of Spike Lee's new film "Kuroshio" is obviously beyond the industry's expectations, and it can be described as a double-bumping box office.

The film not only received a comprehensive media rating of 8.8 points comparable to that of "Scent of a Woman", and the opening scale of 1124 screens also reached 18.31 million US dollars in the first week of the seven days box office, and the museum averaged more than 16,000 US dollars, ranking in a single week Third place on the list.

Unfortunately, just like Daenerys Entertainment's "Crying Game" and "Howard Manor", the upcoming awards season, "Kuroshio" is destined to make way for another Warner Bros. movie "Unforgivable."

Immediately after "Kuroshio", "Midnight Bell" ranked fourth on the list. The film's weekly box office decline also expanded to 24%. In the fourth week of its release, it again earned 15.79 million US dollars, and the total box office was 90.38 million US dollars in four weeks. It is expected that it will reach 100 million yuan next week.

The fifth-placed "Passenger 57", the box office number dropped directly to about 6 million US dollars.

After word-of-mouth and popularity continued to ferment, "Scent of a Woman" still maintained the scale of 20 screens in the second week, but the museum rose to 37,000 US dollars, and again received 740,000 US dollars.

Relying on two consecutive weeks of excellent film performance as a base, in the new week, the scale of "Scent of a Woman" is officially launched, with the number of screens reaching 1083.